Justin Hart v. Facebook, Inc.

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS APR 19 2024

MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK

U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JUSTIN HART, No. 23-15858

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:22-cv-00737-CRB

v.

MEMORANDUM*

FACEBOOK, INC.; et al.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Charles R. Breyer, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted February 21, 2024 University of Pacific, McGeorge School of Law Sacramento, California

Before: RAWLINSON and CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges, and ENGLAND,** District Judge. Concurrence by Judge RAWLINSON.

Justin Hart sued Facebook, Twitter (now X Corporation), and certain federal

officials (“the Federal Defendants”) alleging that in 2020 and 2021, Facebook and

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The Honorable Morrison C. England, Jr., Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, sitting by designation. Twitter, acting in concert with the Federal…